Man airlifted to area hospital after rollover accident on Northwest Parkway

Posted:
06/23/2013 07:49:16 AM MDT

Updated:
06/23/2013 02:03:56 PM MDT

A man with non-life threatening injuries was airlifted to an area hospital early Sunday morning, after a rollover accident on the Northwest Parkway at the Broomfield/Lafayette exit.

Broomfield police recieved a call reporting the vehicle off the road shortly after 5:30 a.m. The driver, a 20-year-old man from Erie who was alone in a Volvo, said he had been there for about an hour before emergency crews arrived. His injuries were reported as non-life threatening, but because he had been in the car so long after it rolled, he was taken to the hospital by helicopter as a precaution, according to police. His condition was reported as stable when he was transported, according to Broomfield Police Sgt. Rick Kempsell.

Kempsell said the man was returning from Denver International Airport when the crash ocurred. The driver fell asleep at the wheel, Kempsell said.

No citations have been issued and the investigation is ongoing, but Kempsell said it is not uncommon for no citations to be issued in connection to an accident in which a solo driver fell asleep at the wheel.